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Francis A. Waller

TAPS

Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.

Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night.

Walnut
Mound Cemetery

Born:August 15, 1840
at Gurney, OH

Entered
Service in the US Army from DeSoto,
WI

Earned The Medal of Honor During the Civil War For heroism
July 01, 1863 at Gettysburg, PA

Died:April 30, 1911
at the age of 70

Corporal
Francis Waller was one of 63 men who was awarded the Medal of
Honor for heroism in the battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
July 1 - 3, 1863. On the first day of that battle, after the
defeat of Archer's assault south of the Chambersburg Pike, the
6th Wisconsin Infantry was receiving fire from Confederate
infantry in the railroad cut to the north. The Union soldiers
charged into a heavy fire, and four men were killed or wounded
in attempts to capture the flag of the 2d Mississippi
(Confederate States of America). Private Waller reached the
enemy color bearer, knocked him down, and captured the flag. He
then stood on the captured flag and continued to fire into the
ranks of the enemy. Later he turned the flag over to his
regimental commander, Colonel Dawes. (The flag captured by
Corporal Waller was later returned to the State of Mississippi
on March 25, 1905.)